Seeing that the ships were damaged so much, Zhou Zhou held accountable to the officials who managed the warships. The official also called out, saying: "In the past, these naval armies were all supplied by the imperial court. Now when they are transferred to the county, the people in the county cannot eat enough, let alone use money to support the naval armies."

Zhou Zhouyan said: "Since the sea water is so corroded, why not drive into the inland river."

The official said, "All those who can stop at Lai Shui have stopped, and many of them have been stranded on it. Originally, the court had planned to move the navy to Jiangdu, but later the Jiangdu mutiny and the county magistrate was destroyed in Jiangdu, so the matter was given up."

"Then why not walk the Yellow River?"

The official laughed and said, "You don't know that in previous years, the lower reaches of the Yellow River have always been shallow, and the small boat that can float at most two or three hundred stones will not be able to drive if it is bigger. It is only a little better this year, but I am also worried that it will be stranded on the river bank, so there must be a boat to pull the boat."

After hearing this, Zhou Zhou finally understood the other party's difficulties. Seeing that the large ship that had been built with all his strength to fight against Goguryeo was damaged in the port, he couldn't help but feel distressed.

Zhou Zhou has now counted it in the dock. Even though there are more than 200 old ships that are already unusable, there are still hundreds of them that can be repaired slightly, which makes Zhou Zhou a little more at ease.

In addition to the large ships, there are many boatmen who stayed in Donglai County.

The word Lai in Donglai County originated from the ancient Laiyi. Laiyi established the Lai Kingdom. At that time, Laiyi and the Yue people in the south were both the most skilled in sailing nations in China. At that time, Laiyi had already crossed the Bohai Strait and engaged in navigation and trade with Yuyi, one of the Jiuyi in Liaodong.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Lai Kingdom fought against Qi, Qi annexed Lai Kingdom, and developed the navy with Lai Yi's technology. Later, King Fuchai of Wu attacked Qi, and sent the doctor Xu Cheng to lead the main force of the Eastern Wu Navy to go out from the estuary of the Yangtze River, bypassed the Shandong Peninsula by sea, and fought with the Qi Navy. This was the first large-scale naval battle in Chinese history. In the end, Qi State won and defeated the Eastern Wu Navy.

Later, Emperor Wu of Han ordered General Yang Pu, the general of the Louchuan, to lead 50,000 naval troops, to cross the Bohai Sea from Laizhou to destroy the North Korea. Four counties in Han were established.

Donglai County is not only an important port for naval troops to go to sea to attack Liaodong and Korea, but also an important dock for repairing boats. Here, Zhouzhou also accidentally discovered many ship craftsmen from Qi, and even a few ship craftsmen from Wu and Yue.

At this time, the boat craftsman always had a low status. Zhou Zhou saw thousands of boat craftsmen living around Donglai County, and his living conditions were all terrible.

At this time, there was no dry dock. Therefore, sea ships were built on floating seas. According to historical records, when Yang Guang conquered Goguryeo, he ordered the county magistrates of Donglai County to protect the people and supervise the construction of ships at sea. As a result, due to the strict construction period, the people who built ships could not go ashore, and maggots were soaked below their bodies and waists, and three or four out of ten died.

Zhou Zhou saw many old boatmen who were disabled and lived in low and broken houses by the sea. It was difficult to make a living. Many boatmen even made a living by selling their children and daughters. They were even more miserable than ordinary people in the county.

Zhou Zhou immediately wrote a memorial to Li Chongjiu, reporting the affairs of Donglai County, hoping to subsidize these shipwrecks. For example, although the four civilians in Youjing still have different levels of heights, as Lin Dangfeng, Zhou Bo, Zhou Zuojiang and others were continuously promoted this year, as Lin Dangfeng, Zhou Bo, Zhou Zuojiang and others were continuously promoted, and as officials were in the position of officials, the disparity in the status of the four civilians also attracted a lot of closer.

Although Zhou Zhou did not realize that he would go hand in hand with his scholars, he also hoped that the craftsmen in Donglai County would live a better life.

In addition, Zhou Zhou also mentioned in the letter that in addition to setting up naval camps in Duli Town and Wendeng County, military towns can also be set up on Wuhu Island and Changshu Island. This surrounded by four points can ensure that there is no accident.

Zhou Zhou's memorial was immediately rushed into Linshuo Palace. Li Chongjiu looked at Zhao Xin and Zhou Zhou and the other two were still very satisfied after they went to Donglai County.

Zhao Xin was good at using power to control the soldiers of Donglai County and suppressed the former guards with ulterior motives, which was a great achievement. Zhou Zhou was also diligent in his work, especially the idea of ​​setting up a large camp of naval troops everywhere was good.

Duli Town is Lushun, Wuhu Island, Changshu Island is today's Miaodao Island, and Wendeng County is today's Weihai. It can be reached in one day from Duli Town to Wendeng Sea. These four places are connected to block the exits of Bohai Bay, which is equivalent to placing the entire Bohai Sea under the Zhao Army Navy.

In this way, both Goguryeo, Bohai County and Beihai County on the Liaodong Peninsula are within the attack range of the Zhao naval army. It can be eliminated. The risk of Goguryeo Navy from bypassing Duli Town and reinforcement of Liaodong is also more guaranteed with the sea routes of Silla.

After thinking carefully, Li Chongjiu immediately issued an edict to promote Zhao Xin to the county magistrate of Donglai County. Zhou Zhou was promoted to join the army of the eighth-rank navy, and gave priority to the construction of the navy camps in Wendeng, Duli Town and Donglai.

Li Chongjiu attached even more importance to the ship craftsman mentioned by Zhou Zhou. Ship craftsman was the engineer of this era. The sea ships they built were related to the sea trade of Li Chongjiu. Therefore, in the edict, Li Chongjiu asked the Ministry of Revenue to allocate money to resettle the people, and at the same time exempted Donglai County from one year of land tax and three years of Dingfu.

Wen Yanbo and others from the Secretariat had no objection to Li Chongjiu's arrangement. Wen Yanbo even said, "It is a great kindness for the king to survive the people of a county, and the people of Donglai County will be grateful."

Li Chongjiu nodded. For him, the matter in Donglai County could finally come to an end.

At this time, Gao Sheng reported, "Your Majesty, Yu Shinan is looking for a meeting outside."

Li Chongjiu smiled when he heard this and said, "It must be because he has a good eyebrow. Please invite Yu Shinan to enter."

Yu Shinan stepped into the hall, bowed to Li Chongjiu, and shouted loudly: "Report to King Zhao, my lord has already agreed to King Zhao to allocate 200,000 stones of rations of the army in Liyangcang to give the Zhao army the southward army. He also promised that my lord's brother would go to Youzhou in person to be a guarantee of Xinyi."

Even his younger brother, Yu Wen Zhiji, who is currently the Left Pushe of Xu Guo, is willing to be sent to Youzhou as a hostage. It seems that Yu Wen and his current situation are really helpless.

When Li Chongjiu heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Your Lord finally agreed. Do you think this matter needs a dispute?"

Yu Shinan said, "The survival of Xu is at stake. If the country is destroyed, what is the use of more military rations in Liyang warehouse? I just don't know how King Zhao will get the grain? It's impossible to go through land. If you walk on Yongji Canal from the water, it will be cut off by Liu Heita."

Li Chongjiu said, "I have my own plan for this matter. As long as our army asks for food, your Yuwen family can provide food. If there is no objection, I will reply to your lord and say that our Zhao army will send troops at the latest on August 20th."

Yu Shinan was happy to hear this and said, "It would be great. I thanked King Zhao for helping me, and this feeling must be remembered in my heart."

After Yu Shinan retreated, Li Chongjiu glanced at Zhang Xuansu who was thinking a little.

Zhang Xuansu smiled and said, "It would be better for Yu Wen and his willingness to lend us Li Yang Cang to use. So we advance earlier, and if we can obtain more food and grass from Li Yang Cang, we will be more confident in besieging Mingzhou."

Ji Chuan said on the side, "Maybe Mr. Zhang miscalculated. With Liu Heita's current troops, he might not be able to defend the city, but instead take the initiative to fight our army?"

Zhang Xuansu smiled and said, "I will never give Liu Heita this opportunity."

"Then I'll wait and see." Ji Chuan sneered twice, obviously not believing it.

Outside Liaocheng City.

After Yuwen Zhi and Xiang Yuwen kowtowed repeatedly, they burst into tears and said, "Brother, I don't know what I have to live or die in Youjing. I'm saying goodbye to you here."

Yu Wenji Yi said in tears: "Sanlang, I just regret that your elder brother is useless and cannot beat Li Yuan, the old man, and even the capital of Wei County is lost. At present, he can only rely on the power of Zhao to fight this disaster for me. Don't worry, there will be nothing wrong with going to Zhao State. You and my brother will have to drink wine together in the future."

Yuwen Zhiji said in tears: "I understand, brother said goodbye."

Yu Wenhua and watched Yu Wen Zhi and left, and the minister Pei Ju took a scarf and wiped tears from his hands.

Pei Ju said, "Your Majesty, please be content with your care and take care of the dragon body."

Yu Wenhua and said, "I know that Li Chongjiu is a cautious person by nature. If my brother had not gone to Youjing in person, it would not be enough to win the trust of him. Let Zhao send troops to help."

Pei Ju said, "It's just that I'm worried that it's easy to invite gods and it's hard to send gods. Li Chongjiu's current momentum is not surprising even if the whale swallows the entire Hebei. If he defeats Liu Heita, the next step is to take Liaocheng."

Yu Wenhua and sneered, "Pei Qing, don't worry about how I missed this. Li Chongjiu worked hard on an expedition. How could it last? I will give him some food and grass from Li Yangcang for a while, and give him some sweetness first. After Li Tang and Liu Heita retreated, I will cut off his food and grass."

Pei Ju suddenly realized and stretched out his thumb and said, "This is a trick to pull the ladder up the house. Your Majesty is so good. By then, Li Chongjiu will have to withdraw from the front line. After Liu Heita and Li Chongjiu fought for both defeats, Your Majesty will then rush the army westward and capture Hebei in one fell swoop."

Yu Wenji shook his head and said, "What's the clever thing? Just as this strategy is done, I'm afraid Saburo won't survive in Youjing. I'm the one who harmed him."

Pei Ju sighed and said, "Your Majesty is indeed a kind Lord."

Yu Wenhua said sadly: "I have no choice but to force it. Now that Xu has arrived in such a field, it is like a broken house, with rain leaking from all sides. If you don't use a strange trick, how to save the overall situation, you also know that I have killed Yang Guang and become the target of the public. If thousands of people fail, they will be ashes for the ashes."

"I am not willing to die, but I am afraid of letting down my father's efforts and the reputation of the Yuwen family. Pei Aiqing is the friend of my father, and now you are the only one who can help me."

Pei Ju said in tears: "Don't worry, your Majesty, the old minister will devote himself to his entire life until his death. He will live up to the instructions of the Secretary of the year."
Chapter completed!